The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-16
rhsllits With TIGERS
A Dogs Playful Meeting with Two Mnn-
Eaters Indian village.


A Dogs Playful Meeting with Two Man
Eaters an an Indian Village.
There were few cowardly eur dogs
IN t Q village. but none Of these had
been molested by the tigers" said Cap
tain kincard II. late of Ind n eone of
them took great liz ing TO me. and
when ! mounted to The Platform 10
begin my watch he lay down nt the foot
of tire tree. lscoldcd at h m and threw
three or four broken branches at h IS
head. bur he r fused to 60 away Ii
was balfny evening. with plenty Of
Stars but no moen. 0ne could have
sen q man moving many rods awiy, If
he kept u the open, but it was very
dark under tile trees. aud the grass in
the openings was two fset high ] was
close to the hut from wit ch tho man
had been dragged, but had not kept my
watch long before | realized that il was
a great chance il caught III 81 ghtcst
glimpse of the expected sitors. There
We're so many dark spots below me aud
the foliage so nbstructed my Wis On that
had a COED mind to descend and seek
for some other position. However.
held on, and hy and by the village grew
uQstl anu Thy NlEtA DtCNHAG 1OkiNiN QUE
indeed The villagers were III happy
frame of mind. believing the man-eaters
good as dead or driven to some other
district. now that we had arrived
Soane of them even neglected 10 drop
the bransets hanging at their 6oors.
1T had come TO be ten o'clo k. and
was wondering If | dared TO light che
root. when heard The dog before me
whine and move about. keSt moment
caught s ght of two dark objects steal
ing across the open space toward the
foot of my tree, and realized that the
tigers had come. The dog ran out 10
meet them, singular as il may appear,
and then occurred famil ar scene.
You have seen m.stiif stand st II IN all
h s dignity whi'e a puppy scampered
around HIM in play. Well, the tigers
stood there Ms stiff as two statues, and
the cur ran around in circle and tr ed
his best 10 get up frolic. They at first
growled in a menacing way, but as he
cont nued his play they grew hetter-na-
tured. and after Il few minutes all three
were in fer frole ] could not see as
distinctly as | could have wished for
but I made out the movements very
we'll. The tigers jumped over the dog
a dozen different times. and on three or
four occasions dropped their tails and
ran away to let him pursue them, hut
always coming back TO the same place
] softly cooked my gun for shot, but
they were so constantly on the mov,
that / dared not risk il. Our object
was 10 bag one or both. instead
of driving them away from the
neighborhood hy a general alarm. The
play continued tor quarter of al hour.
and ceased then because child in q hut
near by cred out in its sleep. The
tigers changed the demeanor in an i'm
slant, asd low growl warned the dog
that the froiic was at an end. He dI ID
not want it so. but scarcely had lie re
nawed his efforts when one of the beasts
struck blow with its paw and laid him
dead on the grass. Then both stood
stood stock still, listening for the cry to
be repeated. They were side by side,
hroa1s.de TO me and not hundred Fl ct
away, but in the darkness it was a
chance shot. pulled trigger. and the
report of the rifle was followed BIZ ter
rible growI ng and snarling aud tho
sounds of claws at work in the grass.
The natives were out i'm a moment.
shouting. screaming and blowing horns,
and as soon as their torches were aliglit
! descend, d from my perch. One of
the tigers was rolling over and over on
the ground and uttering sounds of rage,
while the other had disappeared.
gave the wounded beast a shot through
the head, and when we came to ex-
anime the body we found it to be tha,
of the tigress. My first bullet had
bsoken her right shoulder, and it was
a wonder sh > did not go of or .hrec
legs. ~ L. SUN,